Thu 25 March 2021: United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has received a mandate to collect evidence of crimes during Sri Lanka’s long civil war, which ended in 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers and a surge of civilian deaths. Rights groups say the decision is a critical step in gaining justice for […]
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Thu 25 March 2021: Hackers in China used fake Facebook accounts and impostor websites to try to break into the computers and smartphones of Uyghur Muslims, the social network said Wednesday. The company said the sophisticated, covert operation targeted Uyghur activists, journalists and dissidents from China’s Xinjiang region, as well as individuals living in Turkey, […]
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Wed 24 March 2021: Several thousand people gathered in central Bangkok at a rally for reformation of the country’s monarchy, with demonstrators blocking one of the main intersections in the capital’s shopping district, local media reported on Wednesday. The whole event was livestreamed by the Reporters online news agency on their Facebook page. The demonstration […]
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Wed 24 March 2021: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent a letter to his Pakistani counterpart, saying he desires cordial relations with Pakistan, officials said, as relations thaw between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Modi wrote to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday to congratulate him on the country’s annual Pakistan Day, which commemorates a resolution passed […]
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Tue 23 March 2021: Traders in India say they will burn effigies of Amazon and (Walmart-owned) Flipkart as a protest against deep discounting and pricing tactics they say are hurting local businesses. Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Tuesday announced that traders would burn effigies of Amazon and Flipkart on this Holi (March 28) […]
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Tue 23 March 2021: Turkey’s Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB) in association with Anadolu Agency will organize an online media training program for Rohingya Muslims, a senior official said on Tuesday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, YTB Chairman Abdullah Eren said the program intends to help Rohingya Muslims, a minority group in Myanmar […]
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Tue 23 March 2021: Minority community leaders in Sri Lanka have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members to consider the discrimination faced by minorities on the island nation ahead of a key vote on its human rights record. The warning comes as the UN’s top rights body prepares to vote on Tuesday […]
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Mon 22 March 2021: A massive fire has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, gutting hundreds of tents and a number of health centres and other facilities, according to officials and witnesses. The blaze at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district erupted in the late afternoon on Monday and spread quickly through […]
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Mon 22 March 2021: The UK government on Monday joined the European Union, Canada and the US to impose its first sanctions against Chinese government officials linked to human rights violations of China”s Uyghur and other minorities in Xinjiang province. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced the sanctions against what the government termed as “perpetrators […]
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Mon 22 March 2021: The India-Pakistan ceasefire marked a milestone in secret talks brokered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that began months earlier, according to a Bloomberg news report. The UAE, which has historic trade and diplomatic links with India and Pakistan, has taken a more assertive international role under de facto ruler Sheikh […]
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